Often by mid-year New Year’s resolution and strategic targets have long been abandoned. To prevent this, adjustments to the strategy should happen continually and consistently, but there’s no better time to check your course than now. To determine if your well-laid plans have gone asunder, ask yourself these essential questions:

Rob-Jan de Jong, ANTICIPATE: The Art Of Leading By Looking Ahead

“What I have learned is the power of a compelling vision,” Allan Mulally, the former CEO of Ford Motor Company, stated in an interview with Forbes in 2012. Mind you, he didn’t learn this from a textbook; he had put it into practice, witnessed the results, and reflected on how he’d brought Ford from near death to profitability in a three-year time span.